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Good question. As someone stated,not much. In Alabama,between $400-$500 per month according to childs age. Takes about a month to start receiving pay. Could take up to 3 months if worker doesn`t send necessary paper work on time. My home was licensed for 6. I was given 4 to include an infant who needed formula and diapers. Only received school clothes for others. Took 3 months to get allotment. Because of this,two of my bank accts were closed. These children need always need things as your children and you do need to be allotted.

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Contact your local DHS office and ask for the Foster worker to contact you. They will give you a packet of papers that explain many things and then do a home visit with you to go over everything. If you are interested after that, there are lots of forms to complete and a few classes. You will need to pass a criminal background check, FBI fingerprinting, home inspection. Most of these things are painless just time consuming. Good Luck, there is such a need for loving families to help children and their parents.

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Yes, the person gets paid for being a foster parent to a child. But the money a person gets for being a foster child is not much, in fact it is generally very less. The money obtained will also be depending upon the location and the status where the person is residing. whatever one gets is normally spent in taking care of the child which actually should be done.
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You should not care about how much you get paid if you choose foster parenting as foster parenting is like taking care and growing your own kids. Please all those who are doing so to earn money should stop doing it. You people are so selfish that yo even want to take what government gives for child growth. you do not spend any thing on them instead make them work as your servants. James Joseph.

Someone said: even if I wanted another child of my own I would have to know I can afford it. I work part time so I can spend as much time as possible with my kids and I would like to foster because I have so much love to give but love does not pay for diapers, food, clothes and family outings!!!!

Someone said: Foster parenting is not something you do for charity. Raising children yours or someone else's is a 24/7 job. So it make good sense to inquire about compensation before making a decision. Whatever the amount, you can't put a price on giving a child love, morals, education and a good home. You do it with hopes of them becoming a model citizen.
If there were more people willing to become foster parent, maybe we can contribute to reducing the number of young adults in the prison population. More money is spent on them in comparison to what is spent on Foster Care

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It`s not about the money but if I give up my part time job to raise kids (love the idea of helping a child out of a bad situation) then it`s just nice to know that I could afford to do so. Lots of love is wonderful but it doesn`t pay the electric bill!!

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